A working group of senators brings together Arizonas to develop and provide lasting solutions to the problems facing Arizona’s rural communities.
Pinetop Lakeside – Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema today is a gathering of rural community leaders across the state to drive real results on issues affecting families and communities in rural Arizona. , launched the newly formed Rural Development Working Group.
“Our partnerships with Arizona people across the state have delivered real results in water security, economic opportunity, wildfire prevention and forest management, mental health care and more. Our New Local Development The working group will allow us to work with everyone in Arizona to continue to provide lasting solutions,” Cinema said.
The partnership represents the participants’ shared dedication to focusing on unique issues affecting rural Arizona, from wildfires to forest management, rural healthcare, substance abuse, broadband and more.
Members of Cinema’s newly formed working group who attended the first meeting in person included Pinetop Lakeside Mayor Stephanie Irwin, Pinetop Lakeside Deputy Mayor Sterling Beuss, Navajo County Supervisor Darryl Seymour, and Winslow Economic Development Director. Including Una Wilkebau, Deputy Mayor Shaw Low. Connie Cacavas, St. Johns Mayor Spencer Udall, Snowflake Mayor Byron Lewis, Navajo County Superintendent Fern Bennerley, Winslow Mayor Roberta Cano, Holbrook Mayor Kathleen Smith, Taylor Deputy Mayor Jason Brubaker, Apache County Superintendent Officer Nelson Davis, and many others attended the inauguration, a virtual roundtable.
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During the pandemic, cinema shared information with elected leaders and their staff via weekly phone calls, answered questions, heard directly from officials across the state, coordinated effective responses, and helped all of Arizona. advocated better on behalf of the needs of the community. The newly launched Rural Working Group is a cinema that facilitates a collaborative network of elected officials during the pandemic to understand the challenges uniquely impacting families and communities in rural Arizona. based on the success of
In recent years, Sinema has scored multiple bipartisan victories to provide long-term solutions to Arizona’s rural communities.especially in cinema Law on Infrastructure Investment and Employment The legislation – which she drafted, negotiated and enacted – addresses many of rural Arizona’s top priorities, including water infrastructure and security, and wildfire prevention and mitigation.
The Cinema Infrastructure Act provides $3 billion to implement a 10-year plan to combat wildfires in Arizona and across the country. Significant Restoration and Mitigation Projects: Museum Fire Deposit Reduction Project, Flagstaff Watershed Conservation Project, Coconino National Forest Kuragin Watershed Conservation Project, Tonto National Forest Cooperative Reforestation Project.
Cinema is also Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – Laws to reduce community violence by expanding mental and behavioral health resources for vulnerable people. Of particular interest to rural Arizona, the Cinema Act mandates the investment of more than $8 billion to provide crisis services that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and serve those who request them. We provide well-funded quality mental health and addiction services through our accredited community behavioral health clinics. Mental health and substance abuse care regardless of ability to pay.
